Week 22: Roland Garros Qualifying

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*awaits*

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Roland Garros II - Men's Singles Qualifying
Grand Slam - Friday (Qualifying Competition) - Paris, France - Clay (Red)

• Pierre Rose was the first CWLander into the main draw after a straight sets win over Sweden's Linus Petrus. The on-fire Rose, who has been awaiting this moment for quite some time, played comfortably his best tennis of the week after being taken to three by Max Eisenhauer and Alex Rojas. Petrus was also coming off a three-set affair earlier in the week, but couldn't match it with Rose who played sensible tennis for the most part as he showed his game is growing on the red clay. He cut down on errors and managed to outplay Petrus as the doubles specialist showed he still has work to do physically as Rose overpowered him with a 6-4, 6-4 win.

• No such luck for third seed Randy Banks who, having dropped just ten games in his first two matches, blew five match points in a nervous affair with Radaslaw Marzec of Poland. Marzec dropped the first set and was again trailing regularly in the last as Banks failed to take advantage of his numerous opportunities. With just his first match point, the Pole secured victory 4-6, 6-2, 9-7 in the most tense match of the day.

• A second set catastrophe wasn't enough to stop Marcuss Deane charging into his first Grand Slam main draw with a win over 28th seeded Chilean Renato Varas. Despite taking the first set, Deane was on the receiving end of a smashing by Varas who claimed the second set 6-1 with Deane managing just eight points. But after the humiliating turn of events, Deane hit back and began to make inroads against Varas' serve as he clinched a composed 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win.

• Jason Lawley completed a fine week of qualifying with a hard fought win over local wildcard Eric David. David had taken his first two wins in three sets this week, but Lawley denied him that chance in an iffy performance which was saved by some strong willpower in tiebreak tennis. Taking the first 7-4, Lawley took the second 12-10 as he finally converted his fifth match point to advance to the main draw 7-6(4), 7-6(10).

• Phoenix Wleft also advanced with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win over eleventh seed Oleg Puder.

• There was also a main draw berth for David Briggs who continued a monumental week for the East with a straight sets upset of American Brian Miller. In a tough match, Briggs produced his best tennis late in sets to steal the match from underneath the American in a confident 7-6(5), 6-4 win to make his first Grand Slam draw.

• Finally, Ishan Narang made it a sweet six for CWLand as the 21st seeded Easterner took out Italy's Orazio Rizzo in three sets. Despite throwing away a 5-2 second set lead, Narang never gave in and reaped the rewards as he claimed the third and final set 6-0. With his game dogged by his typical inconsistencies, it was a positive sign that Narang managed to fight off the adversity and secure a massive victory with his top notch serving and a baseline game that is growing in confidence. He even managed to secure the match with a serve-and-volley in the ultimate show of where his game is at right now.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Great set of results for CWLanders from both sides the divide there.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Final Entry List

1 Hall, Jason USA 1
2 Blanco, Daniel Páez ESP 2
3 Špidlá, Radek CZE 3
4 Oxenstierna, Sven FRC 4
5 Cowan, Darcy USA 5
6 Boros, József HUN 6
7 Olesen, Rasmus DEN 7
8 Drake, Jefferson CDR 8
9 Daneu, Radivoj SRB 9
10 Altman, Illya UKR 10
OUT Moreno, Juan ARG 11
12 Murdoch, Dwayne USA 12
13 Charles, Henry GBR 13
14 Brdar, Miroslav CRO 14
OUT Smeltz, Randy CDR 15
16 Varga, Zoltán HUN 16
17 Stewart, Oneil JAM 17
18 Henson, Rick USA 18
19 Amato, Carlo ITA 19
20 Micic, Danijel SRB 20
21 Hurtado, Diego COL 21
22 Pascaul, Patrick FRA 22
23 Mustard, Jojo FRC 23
24 Kennedy, Davis CAN 24
25 Emelio, Sanchez ESP 25
OUT Zhijun, Sun CHN 26
27 Bachunelli, Antonio ITA 27
OUT Benaglio, Almen SUI 28
29 Haas, Becker GER 29
OUT Carter, Morgan USA 30
31 Matias, Tiago POR 31
32 Joaquin, Sergio ESP 32
33 Davis, Heath FRC 33
34 Vollan, Kim NOR 34
OUT Cohen, Tal ISR 35
36 Champion, David AUS 36
OUT Hancianu, Jamee CDR 37
OUT Genov, Ivan BUL 38
39 Bradley, Jason USA 39
OUT Li, Wang CHN 40
41 L'Estrange, Pierre FRA 41
42 Donaldson, Bjorn SWE 42
43 Andueza, Ion ESP 43
44 Varga, János HUN 44
45 Brookes, Toby AUS 45
46 Vollan, Tom NOR 46
47 Vuriak, Viktor UKR 47
48 Delev, Spas CDR 48
49 Villaneuva, Javier ESP 49
50 Depuis, Jean-Alain FRA 50
51 Orlov, Dmitry RUS 51
52 Rivers, Scotland FRC 52
OUT Boyd, Wayne USA 53
54 Sae-ul, Atthaphol THA 54
55 Midid, Nilikar CRO 55
56 Parmentier, Yves BEL 56
OUT Gorshkov, Gregor RUS 57
58 Maxum, Jarkko CDR 58
59 Buur, Kasper DEN 59
60 Mandonna, Paolo ARG 60
61 Schmidt, Pascal SUI 61
62 Carretero, Marc ESP 62
63 Denisov, Boris RUS 63
64 Engel, Oliver LUX 64
65 Brozik, Petr CZE 65
66 Peters, Alex GER 66
67 Isaev, Denis BLR 67
68 Emsis, Ivars LAT 68
69 Genghini, Jean-Christophe FRA 69
70 Bowenburg, Rob FRC 70
71 Hainisch, Heinz AUT 71
72 Li, Ming-Wang CHN 72
73 Färkkilä, Lari FIN 73
74 Cesljar, Ivan CRO 74
75 Santos, Roberto BRA 75
76 Harmel, Mark BEL 76
77 Quezada, Jefferson CHL 77
78 Berg, Maarten NED 78
79 Fok, Zhenyu CHN 79
80 Aksu, Emrem TUR 80
81 Day, Julian USA 81
82 Bre, Matt CDR 82
83 Navarro, José PER 83
84 Maurer, Bogdan ROU 84
85 Dorogan, Roman UKR 85
86 Marín, Aldo PAR 86
87 Read, Brett FRC 87
88 Rodrigues, Dênis BRA 88
89 James, Hugh USA 89
90 Doh, Ninteh JPN 90
91 Boniek, Zbiginiew AUT 91
92 Henrikkson, Henrikk SWE 92
93 Juraev, Anvar UZB 93
94 Ortiz, Johan COL 94
95 Aguero, Fernando ESP 95
96 Morkel, Haiku NOR 96
97 Highsmith, Oscar GBR 97
98 Bertolotto, Miguel ARG 98
99 De Kinsele, Michael ITA 99
100 Durand, Christopher FRA 100
101 Reiter, Martin AUT 101
OUT Cobos, Emelio ARG 102
103 Machado, Carlos BRA 103
104 Jones, Waylon USA 104
105 (Q) Rose, Pierre FRC
106 (Q) Bruce, Randy USA
107 (Q) Marzec, Radaslaw POL
108 (Q) Deane, Marcuss FRC
109 (Q) van der Cleer, Cameron NED
110 (Q) Berianidze, Gocha GEO
111 (Q) Timko, Mario SVK
112 (Q) Martins, Flávio Augusto BRA
113 (Q) Scalforo, Pablo ITA
114 (Q) Lawley, Jason FRC
115 (Q) Wleft, Phoenix CDR
116 (Q) Briggs, David FRC
117 (Q) Narang, Ishan CDR
118 (Q) Fernando, Rafael ESP
119 (Q) Whitehouse, Scott GBR
120 (Q) Holland, Jimmy USA
121 (WC) Lebègue, David FRA
122 (WC) Sagna, Jean-Luc FRA
123 (WC) Viens, Dominic FRA
124 (WC) Fosdike, Mikel FRA
125 (WC) Lachance, Sébastien FRA
126 (WC) Ducard, Henri FRA
127 (WC) Thompson, Harry AUS (TA)
128 (WC) Langley, Rick FRC (CWC)
(LL) Banks, Randy FRC
(LL) Konc, Andrej SVK
(LL) Murray, Adam AUS
(LL) Puder, Oleg RUS

Alternates
IN Lazzeri, Sam USA
IN Heug, Gunther GER
IN Zeman, Václav CZE
IN Zakov, Yordan BUL
IN Menon, Felipe BRA
IN Cordiero, Valter POR
IN Tadić, Adem CRO
IN Korpinen, Martti CDR

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Final Seedings

1. Jason Hall USA
2. Daniel Páez Blanco ESP (defending champion)
3. Radek Špidlá CZE
4. Sven Oxenstierna FRC

5. Darcy Cowan USA
6. Rasmus Olesen DEN
7. József Boros HUN
8. Jefferson Drake CDR

9. Dwayne Murdoch USA
10. Radivoj Daneu SRB
11. Illya Altman UKR
12. Zoltán Varga HUN
13. Rick Henson USA
14. Jojo Mustard FRC
15. Oneil Stewart JAM
16. Miroslav Brdar CRO

17. Danijel Micic SRB
18. Diego Hurtado COL
19. Patrick Pascaul FRA
20. Henry Charles GBR
21. Carlo Amato ITA
22. Davis Kennedy CAN
23. Antonio Bachunelli ITA
24. Heath Davis FRC

25. Kim Vollan NOR
26. Becker Haas GER
27. Sanchez Emelio ESP
28. David Champion AUS
29. Tiago Matias POR
30. Sergio Joaquin ESP
31. Pierre L'Estrange FRA
32. Dmitry Orlov RUS

The highest ranked non-seed is Jarkko Maxum.